I don't know what it is with me and A2A and writing things I really, really feel like I have to apologize for.

(No, it's not connected to what you probably think it is. Whole different bucket of AU entirely.)

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Pick a character and I will give and explain the top five ideas/concepts/etc I keep in mind while writing that character that I believe are essential to accurately depicting them. Any and all characters welcome. (even ones I haven't written but might know about...)

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I swear to god, if it weren't the only thing I cared much about doing, I really wouldn't want to write at all.

I feel like someone ought to write a country-western song along those general lines, but it certainly won't be me.

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There is nothing more annoying than a POV character who a: keeps cutting you off in-mid-sex-scene, and b: WON'T GIVE YOU ANY OF THE REST OF THE STORY.

(No,
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He’s not a person. But he behaves like one, and she’s not sociopathic enough to deny it.

Goddamn, Alex Drake in any iteration is still my favorite Other People's Character to write through. She's just self-aware enough that it's really exciting when she runs smack into a wrong assumption.

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Ahaha oh god, this WIP (yes, it's something off the list) I've somehow managed to get stuck into at the behest of nefarious forces (well,
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So it appears I may have spoken too soon yesterday, on the subject of not having enough works-in-progress: going on the vague memory of having started something several months ago, I went on a dive through my gdocs folder, and -- well ( Read more... )

I am down to two works actively in progress, and this feels wrong.

This may possibly be because I've had both of the ideas for a while*, and -- well. I wouldn't say I'm fond of them, because they're both far too contrary and disturbing to be fond of, but I'm accustomed to them. They've got scuff patterns. There are little grooves where my fingers ( Read more... )

... listening to "I Will Possess Your Heart" on repeat counts as working on the Horrible Thing if I do it often enough, doesn't it?

No?

Damn, I'm doing this wrong.

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You know, if the Panic Writing skills I've more or less perfected when it comes to classwork were at all transferrable to fiction, I'd be feeling nearly mentally well enough to think about doing Yuletide this year.

Um.

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